SCARLETS head coach Gareth Jenkins last night called for the Welsh public to get behind the national side ahead of their World Cup campaign.

Jenkins urged people to forget the captaincy issue - that saw Colin Charvis re-appointed in the skipper's role after Martyn Williams had ruled himself out last week - and stressed the need to get behind Wales for their campaign Down Under.

Jenkins insisted that the episode was now a closed book and that he would not question Steve Hansen's decisions on the matter. He said, "It's none of our business. It's the business of the national coach.

"Steve Hansen is accountable for Welsh performances and Welsh results and he's made his decision.

"I really wouldn't want to question them. He's entitled to have his options and choices and entitled to make them which he has done.

"Once you have had the discussions, and Martyn and Steve were comfortable with the decisions, Steve had to move on which he has done."

Jenkins said he expected Wales to reach the quarter-finals next month and after that, anything could happen.

Jenkins is concentrating now on the Scarlets' Celtic Cup outing with Newport Gwent Dragons at Stradey Park on Saturday and is optimistic that flanker Simon Easterby will be available for selection.